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16th Field Artillery Regiment | |
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Active | 1916-present |
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Branch | United States Army |
Type | Field artillery |
Role | USARS parent regiment |
Size | regiment |
Motto(s) | Macte Nova Virtute (Go Forth With New Strength) |
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Distinctive unit insignia |
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The 16th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army. The regiment served with the 4th Division in World War II and with the 4th and 8th Divisions between the World Wars. As the 16th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, it served with the 9th Armored Division during World War II, and with the 2nd Armored Division after the war. Designated a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental system, and later the U.S. Army Regimental System, since 1957, regimental elements have served with the 1st, 2nd and 4th Armored Divisions; the 4th, 8th, and 81st Infantry Divisions; and the 1st Cavalry Division. Regimental elements have participated in combat in Vietnam, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The regiment currently has a single active battalion, the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and stationed at Fort Cavazos, Texas.
The 16th Field Artillery was constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army.
Shield: Gules a fess dancetté Or voided Sable, between three mullets, two and one, of the second. Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a horse's head erased Gules, charged with an ivy leaf Proper (for the 4th Division). Motto: MACTE NOVA VIRTUTE (Go Forth With New Strength).
Shield: The field is red for artillery. The dancetté fess is for the hills and mountains with which the regiment's history is connected (King's Mountains, North Carolina; Hill 304 near Verdun; Hill 295 north of Septsarges, France; the Landskrone, Rhineland; and Mt. Rainier, Washington). The black is for the battle losses. The three stars are for the three major operations of World War I in which the regiment took part. Crest: The horse's head indicates a mounted regiment and the ivy leaf is taken from the 4th Division shoulder sleeve insignia.
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